Decorated Tissue Box!

Hullo, Hullo,

Well here I am as promised with the gift I made the lovely Elaine- an altered tissue box and I don't quite understand why I felt the need to paint it first as it was already Kraft in colour!!!

What a dingbat I am, I absolutely love Kraft, well I guess you have gathered that by now!

Anyhow as you can see I painted it first and then proceeded to mat and layer in Kraft!!

I have used Cuttlebug corner dies on the top

The papers are SU and the tag is Magnolia with Martha Stewart butterflies and grass punch

Can you guess where the sentiment is from ...............
One of my fave images, so so cute - any ideas where from?
Same as before but different message, from?
Oooh! another gorgeous image and yes you've guessed it from ELZYBELLS!!!

After I made this I did think ooh I quite fancy one of these myself so I think I will have to invest and make another.

It does sparkle too with lots of added Stickles and I was so pleased Elaine loved it as much as me!

I will be entering my tissue box, sorry Elaines tissue box into

Delightful challenge - get punchy

Lothian Crafts - pastel colours

Thats Krafty Thursday - kraft

CES Challenges - cute and cuddly

sir Stampalot - all creatures great and small

Bye for now, thanks for visiting all your comments make my day special!!

Pink And Krafty!!

Hi de Hi!

Thank you to all you lovely ladies who wished me a "Happy Birthday!" I received lots of handmade cards and hope to find some time to photograph them so I can share them with you as they are all really special.

I was thoroughly spoiled and got some lovely gifts from family and friends, I even got lots of craft goodies - lucky me!

Well todays card I am sharing is one I sent to the lovely Elaine as she was my first commenter on my Pay It Forward, of course it had to be an Elzybell,

Here is the inside of the card, the sentiment as you have probably guessed is Elzybells,
and yes, this one too, i managed to pick these stamps up in the sale, aren't they fab!!

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

kaboodle challenge - break out the ribbon stash

ooh la la creations - for someone special

craft your passion - anything goes

crafts us crazy - anything goes

delightful challenges - get punchy

Thats Krafty Thursday = Kraft

Next time I will show you the gift I made her!

Hope you have a lovely weekend

hugs

Something New!!

Hullo, Hullo,

This is a first for me, as the title suggests I have tried something new and have now found another love!!

I frequently visit Dena's Stamping Corner and love all her cards she makes and admire her colouring (don't we all!)

Well, what a lovely surprise it was to see she had posted how she colours on her blog so I watched the tutorials and had a go myself and thoroughly enjoyed it, lots of room for improvement of course but was pleased with my first attempt at distress inks.

I can definitely see why a lot of you lovely ladies use this product and will definitely be adding a few to my collection.

Well, my New Years Resolutions are not going too well, I have bought some crafting goodies since Christmas lol, i was consciously trying to restrain myself and start to use all my unused items but there are so many things to tempt me at the moment, it is very hard!!

I have my birthday to look forward to on Sunday and celebrations have started already firstly by being a "Lady who Lunches" today with friends, I couldn't believe how many "Ladies that Lunch" there were, it was absolutely heaving and a great atmosphere!

I probably stink now though as I did have garlic King prawns - one of my all time faves!

I will be out tomorrow night and then out on Sunday, phew it is gonna be tiring and then I will wonder why I can't get in my size 8 jeans! (yeah right!) on Monday!

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

Sketch Saturday - sketch (i may be too late ! oops but a great sketch)

Just Magnolia - anything goes - ribbon

Magnolia stamp lovers - glitter challenge

Craft us Crazy - anything goes (New blog) thanks Nicki)

Paper Play - Stamp it out

Polkadoodle - hearts

Hope you have an enjoyable weekend too!

big hugs

Pay It forward!

Hullo, Hullo,

Look at these little buddies sharing there luurrve!!!

Aren't they sweet? these are my sort of drawings in fact I could of drawn these and been proud!!

Well I have acquired these little cuties from Fayes blog as I have entered her Pay It forward Challenge, if you haven't heard of these they are such fun.

So if you would like something in the post from me be quick and get your name down, as you have to be one of the first five you also have to promise to post this on your blog and send something to five people and so it goes on.........................

The rules state that it must be something handmade or homemade by you and sent to five other people during 2011!

How exciting!!!

Good luck now i had best get my thinking cap on mmmm ..................

Bee-utiful!!

Hullo , Hullo,

I did say I would be back with a card a little less Christmassey so here it is not a hint of Christmas anywhere apart from the sparkle of course!

"Whilst Blog Hopping" I came across this lovely summery card by my friend Nicki and she had followed a great sketch from Truly Scrumptious so I thought I would join in as she had got me in a summery mood and I used my new Penny Black stamp "Bee Costume"which was a bargain from a friend at a craft sale.

I wish It was like summer here today, I don't know about you but where I am it was blooming windy!!

This card also fits nicely into the Penny Black Saturday Challenge you can choose 4 items from the buffet list to make your card, I have chosen the items, twine, patterned paper, charm and 3 gems.

I will also be entering my card into the following challenges( wish I had the time to enter more)

The Pink Elephant challenge - pink orange and aqua

OOH la la creations - bling it on

cupcake craft challenge - something new

Stamp something - anything goes

simply create - use your punches

Well I am off for a nice relaxing evening in front of the TV tonight just chilling as this dreaded lurgy seems to be trying to take me over yet again!!

Bye for now

xx

A Load of old Baubles !!

Good Afternoon,

Well I say "Old Baubles!" they are in fact new baubles, they were going to be my Christmas Stamp for 2010 but things just didn't go to plan so I am showing you some samples now which I have experimented with as I wasn't really up to playing with them at Christmas time.

You have probably seen lots of cards with these no doubt as they did seem to be popular this year they are the Delightful decorations from Stampin Up which also has a matching punch so nice and quick to produce!!

This set is using SU real red and old olive, I have also used accessory stamps from SU set Season of Joy and Hero Arts Holly Border Flourish.
I have used a different colourway here SU Baja Breeze and my all time fave Kraft, I have added stardust stickles along my Martha Stewart Icicle Border punch and on the Baubles but alas my glitter button doesn't want to play today so you will have to take my word for it.

As I hardly made any Christmas cards this year I will still be showing some on my blog through the year as I do not want to be in the same situation this Christmas, so for those of you who are sick of the site of Chrimbo cards I will officially apologise now lol x

Maybe I should make my next card a nice colourful non christmassy one, it would also be interesting to know which colourway you preferred the real red, old olive or the baja breeze and kraft?

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

Die Cut Dreams Christmas - punch out your sentiment

Creative Cottage - something new

Meljens Designs - square or round card

Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes

Creative Craft World - anything goes

ABC Christmas challenge - anything goes

Bye for now hope this rain stops soon it is so dreary!!

Happy New Year and a week!

Yoo Hoo!!!

I know it is belated but a very Happy New Year to you all I hope it brings you good health, happiness and fortune!!!!

Well I am hoping all three will work for me especially the health as have been ill all over Chrimbo and still getting over it,and have now managed to catch something else!

If it's not one thing it's another!!

So fingers crossed eh!

Hence the lack of posts and actually lack of wanting to do anything at all it really knocked the stuffing out of me, so not many Christmas cards were made at all this year!

This is the card that I made for my mum and dad (I did obviously need to make this one!)
This is the side view of my easel card, I really like these style cards and so easy to make but think they look that little bit extra special - Did you notice above I must of found my glitter button on my camera by accident it's sparkling a treat!

The Chrimbo papers are by SU along with the tree stamp and bauble stamps, the tag inside is by Magnolia and the fantastic image is of course LOTV.

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

ABC Christmas challenge - A for anything christmas

Winter wonderland - lets go dotty

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Creative craft World - anything goes

I did get a lovely new camera for Chrimbo and have still yet to read the manual as it is a bit more snazzier than my old one so who knows my photos may come out a little better - fingers crossed!!

Bye for now

xxx